I'm new to maven and i recently developed a swing project while using maven to manage dependencies.
What I want to do right now, is package my project for distribution and be able to transfer the file to another computer/laptop for a person to open and use.
From my research, I understood that i need to package the project using assembly or shade maven plugin.
I have tried both and have been able to have an executable jar but i try to run it, nothing happens.
Here is my project structure HERE
Here is my POM.xml when using shade plugin:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>1</groupId>
<artifactId>Fin</artifactId>
<version>0.0.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>AinsfieldFin</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>3.14</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>3.14</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.docx4j</groupId>
<artifactId>docx4j</artifactId>
<version>2.8.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
<artifactId>batik-bridge</artifactId>
<version>1.7</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<mainClass>com.Fin.index</mainClass>
</transformer>
</transformers>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<Version>3.1</Version>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Here is the file index.java
package com.Fin;
//swing imports
import com.Fin.process.ManipulationExcel;
import com.Fin.process.ManipulationWord;
public class index {
//declarations
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
index window = new index();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public index() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
// present layout and app functions
}
}
and I am using eclipse as my IDE
Thank you in advance for any help provided
RESOLVED: My pom.xml looks like this now:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>1</groupId>
<artifactId>Fin</artifactId>
<version>0.1.1</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>AinsfieldFin</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>3.14</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>3.14</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.docx4j</groupId>
<artifactId>docx4j</artifactId>
<version>2.8.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
<artifactId>batik-bridge</artifactId>
<version>1.7</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<mainClass>com.Fin.index</mainClass>
</transformer>
</transformers>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<!-- Build an executable JAR -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
<mainClass>com.Fin.index</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<Version>3.1</Version>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
